The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-08-04

Will never dSIee " Dc ldAtu d CcuI " SuS-
tain mixed schools. They have nobly
striven to elevate the negro by taxing
thems, Ives, and the educational fund, rails
cd mainly by white taxation, is equally dis
tributed between the races This is a great
deal under the circumstances - Whining
ton Star.
If the evil disposed, if the educational
cranks 10 not cease to agitate this question
of mixed schools in the South one result
will be sure to follow, there will spring up
a strong and aggressive party that will
fight 10 the bitter end all appropriations
for public schools, and the whole common
school system Of the South will be wiped
out. This will be deplorable. But white
men are growing tired Of annoyances as to
mixed schools by crack Drained theorizers
in the South and Northern propagandists
who are eternally meddling with other
peoples affairs instead of exercising char
ity and doing good and relieving distress
at their own doors. ~ Wilmington Star.
The great duty of the hour among Dem
ocrats is to mend their fences prepar-
atory to the campaign next year; all little
differences Of opinion should pe reconclled,
all self-seeking should be subordinated to
the general good; all past differences and
disputes should be made up. Capable and
efficient men should be discussed in quiet,
friendly way for the various important
positions, that the most efficient and avail
able may be agreed upon. Measures too,
should receive their full attention, princi-
pie and policy should be discussed, in a
cool deliberate manner, so that wise con
clusions may be reached Among breth-
ren there should be animation but no heat
Let Us lay carefully and well our plans
and march on to an assured victory -
Goldsboro Argus.
Having more in common than any other
class. yet free, from the nature Of their
business. from ruinous competition aud
ungenerous rivalry, it is strange that the
farmers do not organize not against 9th
er interests but for the benefit that assO-
citation and comparison Of views upon
different crops and methods Of farming
would give them. Such organization
would be highly beneficial to them 50 long
as it is not secret. Secret class combna
tions are sources of strife. They breed
discomfort among those who belong to
them and Ill feeling against other classes.
They are contrary to the spirit Of American
institutions, they are dangerous to liberty
and harmful every way. 1t is TO be hoped
that the farmers will never 60 into the
business Of secrecy. 1t will be worse for
them and for all other classes when they
combine secretly among themselves. So
long as their organization is like their life
work, in the open light of day, they ought
to be commended in organizing, and they
will be- Statesvile Landmark.
No State in this Republic is in advance
of North Carolina in devotion to the Con
stitution and the Union. She was pres
ent at their birth, and she has ever guard
ed them with maternal solicitude. On her
soil first blazed the fires of liberty, and
beneath her skies the first Declaration Of
independence was made. The people Of
North Carolina hail the approaching Con-
stitutional Centennial with pride and ex-
ultation. 1t is their purpose to meet the
representatives of all the States and Ter
ritolies in Philadelphia, on the 18th of
September, 1887. and celebrate, with bon
fires and illuminations, the Centennial of
that ilustrious day. While North Caro-
lima, with her sister States of the South,
accepts the amendments in good faith, she
would be false to herself and recreant to
liberty, if she did not yenerate the Consti
tuition of 1877. The Centennial Of the
Declaration Of independence, participated
in by every part Of the Union, did much
to heal the wounds of war. There will be
still greater patriotic assurance in our re
neWal Of our devotion to the Constitution.
-. Wadcsboro Messenger.
The anti -prohibitionists Of Texas are
very much encouraged by letter written
by Mr. jefferson Davis, in which this dis
tinguished gentleman declares against pro-
hibition 1t is also stated that Mr.. Davis
letter has given great offence to the prohi-
bition people, and Senator Reagan, more
in sorrow than in anger, says that the
effect Of the letter Will be the loss Of many
thousand votes for the prohibition amend
ment Mr.. Davis says we are governed
too much in this country. Without ex-
pressing any opinion as to the merits of
prohibition. we are inclined to agree with
him. But certainly the opponents Of Ii
cense in Texas will not be willing to admit
that a letter even from so honored and
| worthy a source as Mr. Davis can defeat a
meritorious cause. The issue is plainly
drawn between prohibition and license,
and the people of Texas are called upon
to decide the matter, not according to the
views presented in any individual opinion,
but according to their experience Of a
licensed traffic, and the results which they
can expect logically to realize from sys-
tenn of government that prohibits license.
This is the question, and we are afraid
that our ant-prohibition friends are en-
deavoring to discount defeat when they
begin to lay the blame at Mr.. Davis door.
~ Wilmington Messenger